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FOCUS NOTES REVIEW

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the first step of Focused Note Taking?

a)

Apply Notes

b)

Go Back and Interact with Notes

c)

Take Notes

2.

What is the second step of Focused Note Taking?

a)

Apply Notes

b)

Go Back and Interact with Notes

c)

Take Notes

3.

What is the third step of Focused Note Taking?

a)

Apply Notes

b)

Go Back and Interact with Notes

c)

Take Notes

4.

What are two things that should be part of your step 1: note taking?

a)

Asking questions

b)

writing the purpose of notes

c)

rewriting notes

d)

having an organizational format

5.

Asking questions and marking the text are examples of what step?

a)

Apply Notes

b)

Go Back and Interact with Notes

c)

Take Notes

6.

Using your notes to do something in class or study for a test is an examples of what step?

a)

Apply Notes

b)

Go Back and Interact with Notes

c)

Take Notes

7.

Chunking notes, adding to notes and finding points of confusion are an examples of what step?

a)

Apply Notes

b)

Go Back and Interact with Notes

c)

Take Notes

8.

What would be a helpful way to make sure you go back to your notes? (must select all correct answers)

a)

cross your fingers and hope for the best

b)

write a reminder in your planner

c)

wait until someone else tells you to do it

d)

set an alarm in a phone or other device

9.

What is the ultimate purpose of having students do focused note-taking?

a)

Busy work

b)

To use as learning tool

c)

To help them retain important information

d)

All of the above

10.

How many phases are there in Focused Note-Taking?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

6

d)

4

11.

What could students take notes on?

a)

Guest speakers

b)

Articles

c)

Video clips

d)

Pictures/Diagams/Graphs

12.

What are students expected to do during the first phase of FNT?

a)

takes notes

b)

select a format to help organize their notes

c)

have an essential question or guiding question

d)

All of the above

13.

When students connect with their notes they are expected to create questions about what they wonder or make statements about what the content reminds them of.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

You must revisit your notes multiple times in a variety of ways in order for learning to occur most effectively.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Choose all the formats you can take notes in.

a)

Cornell notes

b)

Graphic organizers

c)

Mind maps

d)

Interactive notebooks

e)

And more!

16.

Choose all that apply: What are some ways you can revise your notes during phase 2 of FNT?

a)

highlighting

b)

deleting/adding

c)

throw them away

d)

asking questions

17.

Cornell Notes include the following

a)

Notes

b)

Questions

c)

Summary

d)

All of the above

18.

What is chunking

a)

Breaking the notes up by theme

b)

randomly breaking notes up

c)

Questions in margins

d)

none of the above

19.

Why do we write questions in a focused notes

a)

Helps one learn to predict teacher test questions

b)

Helps one study by creating study questions

c)

If you can answer the different types of questions you good to go for any test

d)

All of the above

20.

A summary is a

a)

Random paragraph about what notes topic

b)

A paragraph about what you did in class that day like taking notes or watching a movie

c)

A paragraph about what you learned on a different day

d)

A paragraph that hits the key topics covered in the notes

21.

How much can you remember if you study within the 1st 10 minutes of learning something new

a)

100%

b)

90%

c)

80%

d)

70%